[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 48, Volume 3]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 48CFR209.104-1]

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            TITLE 48--FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATIONS SYSTEM
 
                    CHAPTER 2--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
 
PART 209--CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS--Table of Contents
 
           Subpart 209.1--Responsible Prospective Contractors
 
Sec. 209.104-1  General standards.

    (e) For cost-reimbursement or incentive type contracts, or contracts 
which provide for progress payments based on costs or on a percentage or 
stage of completion, the prospective contractor's accounting system and 
related internal controls must provide reasonable assurance that--
    (i) Applicable laws and regulations are complied with;
    (ii) The accounting system and cost data are reliable;
    (iii) Risk of misallocations and mischarges are minimized; and
    (iv) Contract allocations and charges are consistent with invoice 
procedures.
    (g)(i) Ownership or control by the government of a terrorist 
country. (A) Under 10 U.S.C. 2327(b), a contracting officer shall not 
award a contract of $100,000 or more to a firm or to a subsidiary of a 
firm when a foreign government--
    (1) Either directly or indirectly, has a significant interest--
    (i) In the firm; or
    (ii) In the subsidiary or the firm that owns the subsidiary; and
    (2) Has been determined by the Secretary of State under 50 U.S.C. 
App. 2405(j)(1)(A) to be a government of a country that has repeatedly 
provided support for acts of international terrorism.
    (B) The Secretary of Defense may waive the prohibition in paragraph 
(g)(i)(A) of this subsection in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2327(c). This 
waiver authority may not be delegated.
    (ii) Ownership or control by a foreign government when access to 
proscribed information is required to perform the contract. (A) Under 10 
U.S.C. 2536(a), no DoD contract under a national security program may be 
awarded to an entity controlled by a foreign government if that entity 
requires access to proscribed information to perform the contract.
    (B) Whenever the contracting officer has a question about 
application of the provision at 252.209-7002, the contracting officer 
may seek advice from the Director, Defense Security Programs, Office of 
the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications 
and Intelligence.
    (C) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2536(b)(1)(A), the Secretary of 
Defense may waive the prohibition in paragraph (g)(ii)(A) of this 
subsection upon determining that the waiver is essential to the national 
security interest of the United States. The Secretary has delegated 
authority to grant this waiver to the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence. Waiver requests, 
prepared by the requiring activity in coordination with the contracting 
officer, shall be processed through the Director of Defense Procurement, 
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Acquisition, Technology, and 
Logistics), and shall include a proposed national interest 
determination. The proposed national interest determination, prepared by 
the requiring activity in coordination with the contracting officer, 
shall include:
    (1) Identification of the proposed awardee, with a synopsis of its 
foreign ownership (include solicitation and other reference numbers to 
identify the action);
    (2) General description of the acquisition and performance 
requirements;
    (3) Identification of the national security interests involved and 
the ways award of the contract helps advance those interests;
    (4) The availability of another entity with the capacity, capability 
and technical expertise to satisfy defense acquisition, technology base, 
or industrial base requirements; and
    (5) A description of any alternate means available to satisfy the 
requirement, e.g., use of substitute products or technology or alternate 
approaches to accomplish the program objectives.
    (D) In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 2536(b)(1)(B), the Secretary of 
Defense may, in the case of a contract awarded

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for environmental restoration, remediation, or waste management at a DoD 
facility, waive the prohibition in paragraph (g)(ii)(A) of this 
subsection upon--
    (1) Determining that--
    (i) The waiver will advance the environmental restoration, 
remediation, or waste management objectives of DoD and will not harm the 
national security interests of the United States; and
    (ii) The entity to which the contract is awarded is controlled by a 
foreign government with which the Secretary is authorized to exchange 
Restricted Data under section 144c. of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 
U.S.C. 2164(c)); and
    (2) Notifying Congress of the decision to grant the waiver. The 
contract may be awarded only after the end of the 45-day period 
beginning on the date the notification is received by the appropriate 
Congressional committees.

[58 FR 28464, May 13, 1993, as amended at 59 FR 51131, 51132, Oct. 7, 
1994; 60 FR 29497, June 5, 1995; 62 FR 34121, June 24, 1997; 63 FR 
11851, Mar. 11, 1998; 63 FR 14837, Mar. 27, 1998; 65 FR 39704, June 27, 
2000; 67 FR 4208, Jan. 29, 2002]